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NJ A529

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/13/2026

Primary Sponsor

Robert Auth

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Origin

General Assembly

2026-2027 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Repeals New Jersey's "Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act" (P.L.2019, c.59), which currently allows terminally ill patients to request and self-administer medication to end their lives
  • Removes the legal exemption that protects actions under the medical aid in dying law from being classified as suicide or assisted suicide
  • Reinstates the provision that aiding suicide is a second-degree crime if it causes suicide or attempted suicide, and a fourth-degree crime otherwise
  • Removes the exemption for licensed mental health practitioners from the duty to warn and protect when a terminally ill patient requests life-ending medication
  • Sponsored by Assemblyman Robert Auth (District 39, Bergen) and co-sponsored by Assemblyman DiMaio, pre-filed for the 2026 legislative session

Legislative Description

Repeals "Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act."

Health

Last Action

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Committee

1/13/2026

Committee Referrals

Health1/13/2026

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